How to say "indicate" in Japanese

• 指し示すさししめすCommon
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers indicate as 'point to' or 'show': it directs attention toward a target, whether a sign indicating the way or evidence pointing to a conclusion.
  指し示さししめす事ことができるんだ。↗

  Yes, you can indicate everything you see.
• 告げるつげるJLPT N1approx.Common
  ichidan verb, transitive verbCovers indicate as 'signal' or 'mark': something announces that a change or moment has arrived, as when falling leaves indicate the approach of autumn. The nuance is of conveying news or a sign.
  真っ赤まっかな夕焼ゆうやけは明日あすの晴天せいてんを告つげた。↗

  The deep red of the setting sun portended fine weather.
• 物語るものがたるJLPT N2approx.Common
  godan verb, transitive verbCovers indicate when facts or circumstances tell of or prove something — ruins that tell of past prosperity, a face that shows hardship. The nuance is narrative: the evidence itself does the telling.
  子供こどもが健康けんこうだということは母親ははおやの育そだて方かたが立派りっぱであるということを物語ものがたる。↗

  The child's good health says a great deal for maternal care.

Choose 「指し示す」 for indicate as pointing to or showing something, 「告げる」 for indicate as signalling or marking that a change or moment has come, and 「物語る」 for facts or circumstances that tell of or prove something.

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• 指し示すさししめすto indicate
• 示すしめすto indicate
• 語るかたるto indicate
• 告げるつげるto indicate
• 物語るものがたるto tell of
• 指すさすto identify